Railway-rail joint.



A. J. HOLT.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION- FILED JAN. 5. 1909.

986,005. Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

tapering transversely in a vertical direction,

- UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

ALBERT J. nor/nor MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA.

m nwmmmn. JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 5.1909. Serial no. 470,790.

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rail joints, but more particularly to the ends of the rails, which are inclined or the inclined-portion thereof beginning a sufficient distance from the edgeofthe rail and extending across the face thereof to warrant strength and durability of the parts.

This invention further relates to the shoulder formed atthe beginning of the-inclined portion thereof and also the right angled thereon, a'iid also relates to the recesses in.

which abuts'againstthe'shoulder in the adjac'ent rail. 'By this meansthe incline cannot slip through expansion 0t the'rails', as the abutting portions form abrupt stops similar to a square rail joint.

This invention further relates to the'lugsintegral 'with the inclined lateral surface the rails for said lugs to enter. .The lugs and recesses are on each opposing inclined lateral face. By this construction the rail.

joints are prevented from any independent vertical movement, .or displacement, when secured between fish plates.

- and resist any strainthat may come upon The object of the present invention is to provide a rail joint'that will be durablein its construction, symmetrical in its contour,

the joints from rough traflic on a railway, but-more especially on a curve where the greatest strains occur. With the old ri htangled abutting joint at present use on railways, there is no provision for lateral strains as the abutting joints rely solely upon the fish plates to hold them in position.

With 'applicants incline overlapping railjoints. there is nopossibility for the least lateral strain to manifest, as one incline bears against its opposing incline. By this construction of overlapping joints consider ably less strain bears upon the fish plates.

With tlie'foregoing and other 0 jects in combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forthand claime I In describing the invention detail, reference will be had to the -accompanying drawings; forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which "Figure 1- represents the improved rail joint in perspective view.- Fig. 2 represents in Ian View and partly in section the device which ispartly broken away. Fig. 3 repres'e'nts 'aportion ofa rail in horizontal sec- Patented Mar. 7.1911. 7

view, the invention consists in the details of' construction and in the arrangement and.

tion. 'Fig. 4 represents;in'perspective view 7 a portion ofja rail indicating a lug and a re- 'ce's s thereon. Fig.5 represents the device in an end view securedto a fish plate: portion at the-termination of each. incline The principal feature of this invention consists in the construction of the rail joints,

tacting. ."The inclines or angular ends are formed someidistan'ce.fromthe-side of the rails, thus forming abutting shoulders at and a respectively. By this construction the abutting portions ,will offer longitudinal re-' sistance from impact, or creeping of the rails. I

A, are lugs B, projecting from the material Arranged laterally on theinclines A'and;

forming .the tread of the rails which are adapted to enter recesses .C.-formed infthe material constituting the tread of the rails on said incline A andA, thus preventing the rail jointfrom vertical movement, when se-' curely bolted together. ,The' rails are so constructed that they willimatchwhen joined'together; the faces'of the rails havin similar lugs B, and recesses C, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. 'When assembling the rails'A, the joints .A* and A are puttogether', as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, after which fish plates D, D, are bolted to the rails as indicated in .Fig. 5, thus holding the parts securely in place.

By this construction of angular joints,

which overlap each. other, a morestable, durable and practical joint is obtained, as the stressthat comes. on the edge of a rail Will not effect the angular:joint when .se-

lugs thereon. 7

-11: do not limit myself to; deviate- 5511:

struetion of enangular. ratil ijpint;esYh'erei11;

; shown and described, as enguIeL-jOiQts-Gif to claim by. Letters;Patent, i sE+.

fering' somewhat'from this constmctipnmay come within the scepe' of-the ;pres'e11t"inYen-' ti n.

& ins) their Opgtrsingmflds beveled, andpro cepie 61 111; patent-may be obteined ed with Shbti1de1$ ,,fh' recess" formed in the head bf'onejdi 'said rails below the surface thereofnearthe said sho1'11der,' and a 111g formed of -the otherend'thereof, the other rail being provided with a recess in the head -the recess in the said first rail.

thereofvbelew the surface to receive the lug of the first rail and a lug adapted to enter :beingiadapted to enterthe recess 'of the other In testimonjwhereof'i' Signet ere v 30 in'presence of two-witnesses. i e

for five: cents each, by addressing; the (krzhmisidoner of Patents; Washi ngtcu, 13.0. 

